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The Vicarage Church Road Boreham Chelmsford CM3 3EG

18/05125/TPOTreesApproved

Approved on 29 August 2018

Proposal

T4 - Yew (T1 Map) - Within garden - Reduce by 4m in height, bring side branches into balance 2 - 3 m Reason: Reduce overhang to neighbours garden blocking out light. W1 Within garden - Ash Tree (T2 Map) - Remove 2 lowest branches over hanging neighbours garden back to boundary line up to 5m Reason: To let more light in. Oak Tree (T3 Map) Reduce lowest branches over fence to 1m inside boundary line. Dead ivy covered tree (T4 Map) behind neighbours shed - fell to ground level - safety issue. Elderberry trees (T5 Map) Along the boundary with neighbours garage block - fell to ground level, Reason: To avoid future problems with garage. Hawthorn Trees (T6 Map) Right hand corner reduce by 2 - 3m in height and remove overhang branches over garages Reason: To eliminate over hang over garages and control size.

Received
4 July 2018
  1. Received4 Jul
  2. Validated4 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Vicarage Church Road Boreham Chelmsford CM3 3EG. Chelmsford has handled 913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 2,982 applications in total for the CM3 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Chelmsford City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CM3 3EG
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 July 2018
Consultation expiry
3 August 2018
Consultation end
3 August 2018

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    11 Jan

    W1- Holm Oak Tree (consisting of 3 main trunks)- reduce the height of the Tree back to the previous cutting…

    RefusedTrees23/05005/TPO
  2. 2021
    17 Nov

    W1 - (Marked T33 on Map) - Ash - Fell - Reason - Decayed

    PendingTrees21/05301/TPO
  3. 2021
    19 Aug

    W1 - Holm Oak - Marked 9 on Map - Reduce over extended branches by approx. 5-6m - Reason - The tree has…

    ApprovedTrees21/05216/TPO
  4. 2019
    4 Jun

    T1 - Ash Tree - To side of house - Crown lift to 3m - Reason: To give clearance; T2 - Bay Tree - Crown lift…

    ApprovedTrees19/05099/TPO
  5. 2017
    26 May

    Holm Oak Tree - Left hand boundary with The Willows - Reduce height by 4 metres. Reduce branches on…

    ApprovedTrees17/05106/TPO
  6. 2015
    20 Oct

    W1 - 1 x Holm Oak - (root plate lifting); 1 x Oak, 4 x Poplars - fell to ground level and replace. Reason…

    ApprovedTrees15/05235/TPO

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